At 06:16 PM 6/19/05 +0100, Leon Heller wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Adsett" <subscriptions@...>
> > Speaking of datasheets. Is anyone else having trouble getting them from
> > Philips site? I keep getting "the page you requested is not
> > available". This is the link I end up following
> >
> >
> http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat_download/datasheets/LPC2104_2105_2106-05.pdf
> >
> > Of course Philips site is probably one of the slowest on the web, I
> > actually timed the 2104 product page and it took 1/2 a minute to render,
> > and that discourages a lot of exploration.
> >
> > Hmm, I just checked with IE. It seems to be specific to firefox. Render
> > speed is about the same for both, turning javascript off (I usually do but
> > for some reason it was on) helps a lot. I'll try a few other systems to
> > see if I can nail down what is happening with the pdf download.
>
>I just accessed the LPC2106 page with IE and it took under 2s! I have a 4 Mb
>broadband connection (soon to be updated to 8 Mb) which helps.
The problem doesn't appear to be transfer time, but rather render
time. The link for data transfer only takes a couple of seconds, the rest
of the time is spent figuring out how to display it. One of the processors
pegs to 100% during this. Since turn off javascript cuts the time to 10%
to 20% of the time with javascript on it looks like they are doing a lot of
unnecessary fooling around with the display. I expect you are using a
faster processor for browsing then I am. Unfortunately Philips appears to
have one of the sites that cripples itself when javascript is turned off,
for no good reason that I can see.
The pdf download is, I think, an unrelated issue that I will try to track
down as I get some time.
Robert
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